[sane-devel] Canon CanoScan 5600f

[m. allan noah]

First thing to do is compile/install a current sane-backends git
snapshot, and then run sane-find-scanner -v -v and post your results
here. Second step will likely be to get a trace of the windows driver
in action making a small scan with this tool:
http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/

allan

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Catalin David
<catalindavid2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> My name is Catalin David and I am a student (hopefully not for long)
> and have just joined this mailing list. The reason why I joined this
> mailing list is that I want to develop a driver for the above
> mentioned model of scanner.
>
> I live in a residential college and the owners decided it was time to
> replace the hardware equipment provided (scanner and printers) and
> bought this model. As I later found out, there are no drivers for
> Linux and, after asking the producer for some more details (and the
> programmer's documentation), I got a very styled GTFO here saying they
> only support Win and Mac OS and that they can't help me.
>
> So, following the ideas on the website, I tried to find the chipset
> manual and the programmer's information, but failed. I will try to
> look more into what I can do on my side to find out more about the
> scanner, but would appreciate some tips, info, steps to follow.
>
> Regards,
>
> Catalin David
>
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